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Leners Patent No.' 95,195, dared December 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENTIN FARM-GATES.

The Schedule referred to :ln these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SCOTT, of Yane, in the county ot' Logan, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFarm-Gates;

and I do hereby declare thatl the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being.

` same, so that when closed, the upper hinge may be relieved of allstrain and weight, and thus prevent the swaying or leaning of thegate-post; and, also, in so` constructing the hinges, that during thewinter-season, the gate may be adjusted to swing over the snow.

In. the drawing;

Figure l is a t'ront view of my gate,closed and fastened, and the upperhinge relieved; j

Figure 2 is a front view of the same, unfastened, and ready to be swungopen; and

Figure 3 is an inside faceview of the front gatepost.

A is the gate;

B, the back gate-post; and

C is the front gatepost.

The gateA, I construct in the ordinary manner, and across its front',place a long bar or lever, D, bolting one end to the back end of thegate, and allowing' its' opposite end to project past the front endofthe gate, as shown in l and'l.

Near the rear end of the lever D,.I attach to it an arm or plate, c; andnear the front end, I' connect an upright slotted handle, a, pla-ying onthe stud b on` the gate, as clearly shown iu iigs. l and'2.

To the rear gate-post B, instead of theordina-ry hinges, I attach twoelongated bows or staples, e and f, and through the latter, near itsupper end, I pass a pin or key, y, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. f

The gate A, I connect to the lower staplev f, by means of. au ordinaryhinge, h, and to the upper staple, by a link, c', attached at its innerend to the arm c of leverD.

By this arrangement, it will be seen that if the front end ofI the leverDis depressed, the arm c will pull upon the link t, and of the gatetoward the staple, and, consequently, elevate its front end. As thelever is raised, thev linkI is released, and the front end of the gateallowed to drop down.

`and 'throwing the entire weight `used in connection v'with instead of`with the staples described, as the hinges,

front end, resting on the draw the upper rear corner To the'front barot' the gate, I attach a block, m,

under which theend ot' the lever is engaged,when ther front end of thegate is to beheld up.

To the inner face of the post O, I secure two blocks,

g', having their outer ends bevelled, and provided in their upper edgeswithnotches n, iig. 3.

To close the gate, the lever D is depressed/t0 throw up the front end,and thel gate swung to; the lever is then thrown up, and the projectingends of the bars will drop into the notches n, thus securely fasteningthe gate, and, at the same time, relieving the link t', upon hinge h andblocks j, as shown in iig. 1.A

To open the gate, the lever is again depressed, when the link is broughtinto action, and the front end raised, disengaging the bars from blocksj, and the gate. left free to turn. v

The handle (t is for operating the' lever'f'rom the outside of the gate.

In thismanner, I relieve the upper end of the gatepost from all strain,except when the gate is open, and thus prevent the swaying or leaning ofthe post, and

consequent dragging of the gate upon the ground, as

happens where the post is subject to a constant strain, and, at the sametime, produce. a' strong and simple locking-device.

During the winter-season, when itis desired to havethe gate swing abovethe snow, or in pastures, where small stock are to bel allowed passage,to the exclu# sion ot' cattle, and otherlarge stock, I raise the gate,and place the key g below the hinge 71, thus supporting the gate in thatposition. When the gate is adjusted, as described, another and lowerpair ot' bars engage in the notches n, but the'gate operates otherwise,as before.

It is, obvious that my lever-arrangement may be ordinary hinges, vit'desired,

have'nothing to do with parts. y

Havingthus described my invention,

1. The 4combination of the leiter I), provided with its handle a and armc, with the link i and staple e, as set forth.

2. The gate' A, provided witlrthe projections ou its y catches j,`whenthenpper hinge is made adjustable, substantially as described.

. SAMUEL SCOTT.

the operation of the 'other Witnesses:

RD. M. HAINES, W.' H. STEMUGL.

